ForzaCaley

Ya beauty!!! :D Full time felt so good, never been that tense for a long time. I hope this hard fought win will give the team much needed encouragement going into a big week. I remember someone saying that 45 points was usually the magic number for a top 6 place. Only 4 points away now lads!! Come on Caley :D

^^ ye i was wondering that myself when we went 2-0 down. If Alba still want to televise the game it will prob be switched to a sunday but hopefully it will stay a saturday

Well i hope this slap in the balls will wake us all up and stop all this BS about 'getting passports out'!! We're not at the finish line yet and theres still alot of games to be played and we're not as far ahead as we think we are! A week of rest ahead! Up to TB to get the players heads back in order. Hope the injuries are not to bad also. This week will really test our metal and 'togetherNess'. Players and fans need to unite now and we all need to carry each other to that finishing post. Season isn't over! Still alot to play for. Top 6 is realistic but just need to take it one step at a time. We CANNOT get too carried away too soon!

Come on Caley!

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Got a bad feeling about tonight :(

just found this...... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/13/squad-sheets-liverpool-arsenal on kickback they are all saying Danny served his suspension at this game, however it clearly states that there are NO Liverpool players suspended for this game! For all those from kickback who keep coming over to check us out (I know your out there) sorry to burst your bubble

NO!! Had we lost 2,3-0 fair enough but it was such a close game with the player in question playing the whole match plus scoring a penalty. In the summer everyone and their dug was going on about sporting integrity regarding sevco. This situation is just as serious. If the rules have been broken by hearts or sfa there needs to be a replay at least! *sorry i thought i put DC comment in. Thats what i was saying no too

I agree starchief. Wilson also scored a penalty!! When Dunfermline got found out they were 4-0 winners however still had to have a reply and it wasnt dunfermlines fault remember, it was an admibistrative error by the SFA. We should at least be given a replay! As a paying member of ICT i fully expect my club to fight this!!

Man alive charlie boy, a little over reaction there! Im well aware of what our club has achieved and the trials its gone through in the last 18 years, i was there i saw it. All im saying is the plans that the club had for seated stands are far better than what we ended up with. And Philee i like your vision of the CL trophy being in our boardroom. However if we wish to see any european action in Inverness we would need at least a 10,000 seated stadium

Can i just say that the North Stand in those pics look pretty epic, better than the tin crap we have just now! A small west enclosure like whats on the pics above would be decent. Only an extra 800-1000 seats. Maybe a potential safe-standing area? Hmmmmmmmm where's my euro millions ticket....

In 04 when Livi beat Hibs in the final, they played pars in the semi also at ER. There was an attendance of around 2800 that day which is about 1400 fans each. However that game was played on a tuesday night

The longer we do well at challenging Celtic and staying in touch at the top, the more the central belt papers will start putting us down! They did it in the 80s when Aberdeen were challenging, however Fergie used it to his advantage with his mind games because the guy is a genius! Im annoyed its getting peoples backs up, i thought alot more would have realised this. Best thing here is to close the thread and stick a massive two fingers up to the tabloids and next week we'll show just how 'diddy' our support are! WE ARE CALEY

It would be alot easier for everyone involved (club, fans, stewards, police) if one selected section was given 'all standing' status than everyone get muddled up about where and what rows can you stand and sit in!

Summer of 2007 the forum had 7s at balloch school, think it was free aswell. Any chance of getting this back on in the summer? However il happily pay £2-3 to play at millburn

Sorry cap but theres 19 rows in the North Stand, so row 11 would be in the back 10. However if we were able to make one whole section a standing one it would be less confusing ;)

And 7 of the first 10 we played county four times a season with crowds regularly reaching 5000 which tbh the club needs the revenue. Tell me alex would you rather the club just play county once and get the revenue of one crowd of 6000 or play twice and get the revenue from 12000?

What happens if someone in row 11 wants to sit? Precisely! Thats why there needs to be a clear standing SECTION so everyone knows that this particular section (sectionE for example) is standing only whilst all the rest are sitting! I've said it before the west stand should become a prototype for rail-seats! Even if we just had 50 or 100 to start with, it would be a great guide to see if it works and can be managed (which i totally believe it can). Not only that it would create alot of good publicity for the club ie. The FSF are currently running a campaign through Westminster trying to gather support from football league clubs to bring in rail-seats in England. If we were able to get rail-seats and show Britain it can be managed properly and safely we would be doing alot for our fellow football supporters! Ps. Like jamie, i would happily buy my own railseat!

Forgot to mention i would have the bottom clubs of the North and South leagues have a play off with the champions of the HL and EoS league.

I desperately want to see change. Part of me wants to go ahead with these plans because i want to see change but part of me recognises it is completely ridiculous. Also this structure has been tried, tested and failed in other countries. I can see a situation where the top 8 is mildly exciting (for those at the top, which in a couple of years will be the OF). The middle 8 doesnt change anything and the bottom 8 will be desperately boring! Also i dont understand the modern conception that a 16/18 top tier will bring competition. Looking back through history between WW1 and the 1950s only Motherwell won the league apart from the OF in a 18 team league. Also there was even more non-competitive games, thats why they changed the structure in the 70s. We're a club that traditionally finish 7th/8th/9th. In a 18 team league which we'll never win and never get relegated from will mean we will always be mid table with nothing to play for. Doesnt sound exciting to me. And lets be honest, we love the Highland derbies and we're used to playing county 4 times a season. Why would we want to restrict that to two times a season? I dont think thats very wise financially for our club to just have one home game a season v county. If i had my way, i would propose a Premier of 10 teams and a Championship of 10. Both these leagues are professional. That would leave 22 lower league teams, so i would split it and add 5 HL teams and 5 EoS/junior teams to make a semi-professional North and South leagues of 16 teams each. The winners of these leagues would have a play-off with the winner replacing the bottom club of the championship. Also the top 2 of the championship will be automatically promoted replacing the bottom 2 in the Prem. The third top championship team would then play off with the 3rd bottom prem team (like what they do in Germany). I really believe having a 10 team top tier would be exciting and even more competitive than any other suggestion. Growing up in the 90s i remember the 10 team prem being exciting and often the title and relegation place were not decided untill the last day or last couple of games at least. In the 80s aberdeen won the league 3 times, DUFC once and Hearts very nearly all in a 10 team league. Even when rangers were romping the leagues in the 90s aberdeen and Motherwell ran them very close. Like i said earlier, imaging we were middle of the table 6th with 4 games to go. We're only 2 points ahead of 8th placed play-off but also only 3 points behind 4th placed europa league and having to play title chasing Celtic next. We would be going into a game knowing if we lose we could be down, or if we win enhance our chances of europe whilst stopping Celtic win the league (remember 2011 and how good that felt?). I remember 2 years ago a German guy did a study into Scottish football and proposed a professional premier and championship of ten teams each as the right model for Scotland based on population, statistics etc. Everyone laughed and said he was ridiculous and so was the SPL for getting this guy to do a study. However lets be honest, its very rare that the Germans are wrong when it comes to Football!!

Any odds on butcher being contacted?

Yes I have to say I strongly agree with what Forza has said here. Every time I visit Grant St it's like stepping back into a wonderful past world of cherished old memories of football as it used to be in Inverness. I am a strong believer in Inverness playing an ongoing part in the Highland League and that was why the whole merger thing became that bit more acceptable to me when Clach pulled out of the negotiations. The HL was founded in Inverness, on Bridge Street, and of the seven teams which completed the first season in 1893-4, six were from Inverness.... Clach, Caley, Thistle, Citadel, Cameron Highlanders and Union (which was "assimilated" by Thistle shortly afterwards). The other one was Forres Mechanics which means that only Clach and Forres survive from those original members. A team from Dingwall, which I have heard reportedly called Ross County but I'm not 100% sure if that was the original name since the current cluib wasn't founded until 1929, also started that season but resigned during it. Steadily the league extended eastwards and indeed Elgin are the only team ever to have scored "nul points", which they did three times between 1900 and 1906. Of course we all know that the "Highland" League for quite a few seasons across the millennium was heavily dominated by the Aberdeenshire teams so it's really good to see the likes of Forres, Wick, Nairn and especially Clach reasserting themselves more recently. PLUG - tune into Sports Report on BBC Radio Scotland on 810MW and 92-95 or 103.5-105FM at 6:30 for a full round up of today's remaining five HL fixtures and all the rest of the national sports news. There is actually a thread on OTB just now about Ross Countys beginnings and their supposedly mongrel foundations. The Ross County of 1893 had to leave the HL because they didnt have enough money. However not long after, the same group of people formed Dingwall Victoria United who competed in the North Caley league along with Dingwall Thistle. In 1928 these two teams almagamated and in 1929 joined the HL under the old name of Ross County. According to the Jailender, because they reverted back to the old name this doesnt make them mongrels..........LOLS. This merger also explains how Victoria Park got its name. But ofcourse they sold their history for the Global Energy naming rights............bunch of mongrel franchise plastic nobodies ;)

Gutted! Was hopingg to get my football fix this afternoon down GSP havent been there since 07 due to work and ofcourse caley. Actually havent been in GSP since they tore down the wine shed. I bet it feels more open without it. Used to love standing there as it reminded me of my young days in the Howden End. Hopefully they'll build an enclosure of some sorts in the future. Learnt many a new word in that wine shed :)

My birthday yaaaaaaay!

Fev i believe the man your club is looking for is Derek Adams. He is somewhat familiar with BARNS......